Lumière & Company
Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors
1995-12-20 | 88 minutes
Plot Summary
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Cast
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Romane Bohringer(segment "Claude Miller")
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Bruno GanzDamiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
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Ticky Holgado(segment "Claude Lelouch")
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Alan Rickman(segment "John Boorman")
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Liam Neeson(segment "John Boorman")
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Stephen Rea(segment "John Boorman")
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Sven Nykvist(segment "Liv Ullman")
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Lena Olin(segment "Lasse Hallström")
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Pascal Duquenne(segment "Jaco Van Dormael")
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Nathalie RichardNinon (segment "Jacques Rivette")
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Neil Jordan(segment "John Boorman")
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Aidan Quinn(segment "John Boorman")
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Isabelle HuppertNarrator (segment Abbas Kiarostami) (voice)
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Otto SanderCassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
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